I feel like this game being the first real beat em up seriously took risks and paved the way for the future of the genre. I like the sprite work a lot the detail of the main character with the shadow work is great same with the building outside. In terms of gameplay its brutal but its timing based. Do you need to be facing left or right? Do you have to jump or duck? Do you have time to land a hit? Much like Karate champ this had alot of some insanely solid mechanics that where used for years.

Also Can you kick 4 people off the map at the same time?

Hell yeah you can and it feels GREAT

This is not only the first God Of War game I've ever played, it's also the first of this type of this 3d brawler I have ever played. And its the bar is set pretty fucking high as I dive into this genre.

I never got to play it on the PS3 so I was skeptical going into it expecting the standard "remaster" upgrade of a last-generation game, seeing how beautiful this entire game is blew my mind. Every level of this game was so memorable and made you really get to know each of the pieces of map they lay out these set pieces in.

The game play is fast and the weapons they roll out for you throughout the game reward different styles of play and the patterns of the enemies always kept me aware, and I didn't fall into the mindlessness of something like a Shadows of War falls into and why I really tend to avoid brawlers. I played though on Hard and some of the end game bosses took me 3-4 hours to complete making me try different strategies just to figure out how to win then I had to master dodges, parrying, and combos.

While I haven't played the earlier entries this story as a stand alone experience was trash, I get it was a standard revenge story but Kratos sucks and somehow everyone around him manages to suck more. Zeus is the most boring end boss of all time and the only drive of the game was the challenge to win, but it seriously dragged in the third half and I constantly felt like walls where being put up in front of me to stop me from reaching the end. Also the flying sections were some of the most miserable sequences of any game ever.

Despite that, I can't wait to check out the first two games and everything this genre has to hold. This is seriously one of the most fun games I've ever played is a must play on the PS4.

I want to fucking love this game, not because I necessarily love the old timey theme, I kind of think it’s over played and just not my thing but there’s just so much fucking heart in every bit of this. I love the art style, I love how everything feels like a play, how characters will get pulled off screen with canes, the constant scene changes, the pretty funny dialogue, how the crowd reacts to everything, and the design of the enemy’s and your characters. But the games just not there. It’s a 2d side scrolling beat em up and it just becomes a button masher too fast into the game. It has some depth with parrying and combos but when I play a single act for 10-20 minutes and then they have these specific challenges that require you to replay through really really repetitive levels the drive isn’t there and the only thing I’m playing for is too see more of the art and when the game isn’t that fun the whole time I can’t see myself playing over 20 levels multiple times and on the increased difficulty. If this gameplay works for you, this may be one of your favorite beat em ups but if not it’s just kind of sad that with so much promise that hook isn’t there.

To put this review into context, I spent $100 to play Forza Horizon 4 a few days early instead I spent three of those days trying to beat Double Dragon. I spent $100 to not play a game I’ve been waiting two years for, to play Double Dragon.

There’s so many flaws with this game, the graphics are pretty poor even for the NES, there’s insane flickering when 2 or 3 sprites are on the screen, there is no real style or good soundtrack, even the gameplay isn’t great considering they have you play some of the worst platforming sections jumping using the a + b button, there is no use for the punch and all you need is to spam kick.

So why would I subject myself to this, I’m not sure. The first two levels are simple and honestly boring, but the insane difficulty spike on mission 3 compelled me, it forced me to play so smart, to memorize each screen and plan every movement. It was a lot of cussing and smashing the b button of my switch into dust but I did it, I got to the final screen and I felt more accomplished than I have playing a game in a while.

Beating the final boss of Dark Souls 3 was the most bittersweet feeling I've had playing video games.

This year I played and beat Every Soulsbourne Game starting with Demon Souls and it played out almost like one giant epic to me. And this game was that book closing.

People dismiss this game as a retread of the previous games but I never once felt like it wasn't warranted. Coming back to this place that so many adventures had taken place felt right to end the adventure. It's almost like one last Hurrah, playing the hits, it's that final stop on the long journey. I loved seeing characters and areas from previous souls games because I think they earned it.

Getting back to Anor Londo fucking ruled, they made you happy to see the archers, the worst enemies of all time, and that in itself is impressive. This game was fromsoft taking 7 years of learned experience and crafting the penultimate Souls game.

Now This is in no way my favorite but it's the best souls game there is. It looks stunning every area is awe-inspiring there isn't a bad monster design and the world feels so lived in. There's a lot of things to take for granted in this series but stopping and taking the time I just never wanted to leave this world.

The combat feels tighter than ever, the weapon variety, while numbers-wise is inferior to Dark Souls 2, every weapon here felt unique, and it felt like they had so much fun putting heart and soul into every single one of them.

While some people think that this is the easiest souls game and that it's frankly very easy to soar through it, which it is, in hindsight, it's just that I played so many souls that you belong in that world now. You learned the rules that they put in place and this is you showing them you know what you are doing.

There isn't the mystery of the previous games because it's the final chapter. You are supposed to know by now, but you need to prove it to them.

Dark Souls 3 is the book closing on a perfect series. I never get the arguing between which is the best and worst game. It's like choosing a favorite family member. I love them all, and I wouldn't change a thing about them.